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Fly Away from Here

Thursday, November 05, 2015

Have you ever felt like you
want to go, someplace other than the place you used to be or always be? Have
you ever felt like you are suffocated for being at the same place for like
forever, and it makes you want to run away from there? Have you ever felt so
stuck at the same old place, and it makes you want to fly away from there? Have
you ever wanted to get away or escape with a loved one? Well, I have, many
times. And if I could fly away from here, I don’t wanna be alone. I would take
my partner along with me. We would fly away, anywhere; I don’t care as long as
we’re together, because I believe that our hopes and dreams are out there
somewhere. And we gotta find them. And there’s nothing could stop us. We would
fly away there, to the place where just the two of us. The third post for Random Play is a song titled “Fly Away
from Here”, performed by the legendary American rock band, Aerosmith.

“Gotta find a way; I can’t wait
another day. Ain’t nothing gonna change if we stay around here. Gotta do what
it takes, ‘cause it’s all in our hands. We all make mistakes, but it’s never
too late to start again. Take another breath and say another prayer, and fly
away from here, anywhere; I don’t care.” –Aerosmith, Fly Away from Here

Released on June 2nd 2001, “Fly
Away from Here” was the second single taken from Aerosmith’s 13th studio album,
“Just Push Play”. The power ballad track was written by the band’s songwriters
Marti Frederiksen and Todd Chapman. “Just Push Play” was released on March 6th
2001, making it the first Aerosmith album of the 21st century.

Life is hard, yet it seems
harder at times. Lyrically, “Fly Away from Here” speaks up about the feeling of
desire to break away, get out of the comfort zone, and leave for a better days
to live on. “Gotta find a way; I can’t
wait another day. Ain’t nothing gonna change if we stay around here. Gotta do
what it takes, ‘cause it’s all in our hands. We all make mistakes, but it’s
never too late to start again. Take another breath and say another prayer.”
There are times when life seems so hostile. There are times when we feel so
stuck and suffocated. There are times when we feel like there’s nothing left to
live for in this world, like everything is meaningless, like all things we’ve
done is pointless. “If this life, it
seems harder now. It ain’t no never mind, you got me by your side. And anytime
you want, we can catch a train and find a better place. ‘Cause we won’t let
nothing or no one keep getting us down. Maybe you and I could pack our bags and
hit the sky.”

However, it’s never too late
to make new stories. We can take a breath, say a prayer, and start again. And
somehow, that strength can come from someone we hold most dear. And whenever we’re
with that person, in some way we find a courage to fly away from here. We can
pack our bags, catch a train, say goodbye to our old-past-selves, and find a
better place to live. “Do you see a bluer
sky now? You can have a better life now, open your eyes. ‘Cause no one here can
ever stop us, they can try but we won’t let them, no way. Maybe you and I could
pack our bags and say goodbye.” We only live once, so how nice it would be
if we could be with someone we love? And every time I’m with him, I feel like
we could fly away from here. Time won’t pass, and we’ll just fly. “And fly away from here, anywhere, I don’t
care. We just fly away from here, our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere.
Won’t let time pass us by, we’ll just fly. We just fly.”

The video for “Fly Away from
Here” was directed by Joseph Kahn. It also starred the actress Jessica
Biel, and Steven Tyler’s youngest daughter Chelsea portraying Steven as a child
in this video. Since it was released in the beginning of what people called the
Millennium Era, the music video was
very futuristic and high-tech; advance at its time.

“If this life, it seems harder
now. It ain’t no never mind, you got me by your side. And anytime you want, we
can catch a train and find a better place. ‘Cause we won’t let nothing or no
one keep getting us down. Maybe you and I could pack our bags and hit the sky,
and fly away from here, anywhere; I don’t care.” –Aerosmith, Fly Away from Here

“Gotta find a way, yeah I
can’t wait another day

Ain’t nothing gonna change if
we stay around here

Gotta do what it takes, ‘cause
it’s all in our hands

We all make mistakes, yeah
but it’s never too late to start again

Take another breath and say
another prayer

And fly away from here, anywhere,
yeah I don’t care

We just fly away from here,
our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere

Won’t let time pass us by,
we’ll just fly, yeah

If this life, it seems
harder now

It ain’t no never mind, you
got me by your side

And anytime you want, yeah
we can catch a train and find a better place

‘Cause we won’t let nothing
or no one keep getting us down

Maybe you and I could pack
our bags and hit the sky

Do you see a bluer sky now?
You can have a better life now, open your eyes

‘Cause no one here can ever
stop us, they can try but we won’t let them, no way

Maybe you and I could pack
our bags and say goodbye

And fly away from here, anywhere,
honey I don’t care

We just fly away from here,
our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere